It is a treat to read something, anything, that Marc Trachtenberg writes. The reasons go beyond the originality and authority of his substantive contributions to international history and international relations. Trachtenberg focused on European foreign relations before shifting to the United States, and, as is well known, trained in history and a titan in the…
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H-Diplo|RJISSF Roundtable 15-20 on Johnson, The Third Option
On its face, covert action—which I define for my students as “secret attempts by one country to alter conditions and events in another country”—is immoral and violates international law. For citizens of nations that are targets of covert action, such operations reek of arrogance. Just ask those Americans who accept the evidence that Russia attempted…